UK parliament faces "mortal retribution" from voters if Brexit is blocked -Johnson

It would be very difficult for parliament to block Brexit and there would be "mortal retribution" from voters if it did, Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Wednesday.

Former foreign secretary Johnson also said he would not pretend to deliver Britain's EU exit would be plain sailing, but that a "sensible, orderly" Brexit was achievable.